Ed Lee — jetsetter. Just back from China, now the mayor’s off to India

Davos may not have been on the list, but Mayor Ed Lee is closing in on certified jet-setter status.

Lee departs Friday on a trade mission to India, just five days after returning from his third official trip to China this year. And don’t forget that in March, Lee led a 19-person delegation to Cork, Ireland, followed by a jaunt to Paris with a smaller group.

Lee will head a 54-person trade mission to Bangalore to discuss recycling, waste management and water use with officials in Bangalore, which is known as the Silicon Valley of India and has experienced a growth surge in recent years, making it India’s third most populous city.

“Bangalore’s explosive growth continues, bringing with it a host of opportunities and challenges,” Madhav Misra, co-chairman of the San Francisco-Bangalore Sister City Initiative, said in a statement. “Our sister city is keen to learn from and collaborate with San Francisco and the Bay Area, which has successfully implemented multi-billion dollar infrastructure improvement programs.”

The seven-day itinerary includes a welcome dinner hosted by Microsoft with the U.S. consul general in Chennai, a coastal city about 210 miles east of Bangalore; a tour of Cisco Systems’ facilities; and a panel discussion on empowering women in business.

Other elements of the trip will focus on health care, cross-border entrepreneurship, social media and cloud computing, according to the draft agenda. A full list of delegates was not immediately available, but organizers said the group would include construction, engineering, health care and technology executives.

“When the mayor took office in 2011, he was very focused on righting the economy of San Francisco,” said Christine Falvey, the mayor’s spokeswoman. “International trade was always something that was ultimately going to be part of that plan. He’s looking at international trade and investment as another way to further bolster our economy in many sectors, like energy and health care.”

Sponsors of the trip include Webcor Builders, Recology and the Palo Alto Medical Foundation, according to a sister-city memo.

Lee’s office said the cost of the trip will be borne by the San Francisco-Bangalore Sister City Initiative, a nonprofit formed in 2008 under former Mayor Gavin Newsom.